KABUL – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has urged Afghan authorities to take firm and verifiable action against terrorist groups like the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). His demand came during a bilateral meeting with Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, held on the sidelines of […]
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US blacklists BLA and Majeed Brigade as terrorist groups
The United States has officially designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its suicide wing, the Majeed Brigade, as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs). The State Department announced that this designation makes it a crime under US law to provide material, financial, or logistical support to the groups. It also freezes any assets they may hold […]
Venezuela’s neighbors accuse Maduro of protecting ‘terrorist groups’ in Colombia
The Lima Group regional bloc on Friday accused the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of protecting “terrorist groups” in Colombia, keeping up pressure days after an attempted military uprising failed to dislodge Maduro from power. The bloc, a dozen countries in the Americas that meet regularly to discuss Venezuela, did not provide details on […]